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Tell Chevron's Board of Directors to FIRE CEO JOHN WATSON! ACTION LINK
Business  (tags: death, humanrights, business, Brazil, Keystone XL, Chevron, John Watson, ecosystems, environment, habitatdestruction, world )

Nancy
- 7 days ago - care2.com
Imagine you were the head of Chevron. In the first couple years since you took over the company its reputation has been continually tarnished by your own actions as well as environmental and human rights crimes. Would you expect to keep your job?
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Stop Slavery in Uzbekistan | Democrats.Com
Business  (tags: americans, corporate, consumers, money, society, news, abuse, ethics, humanrights )

Candy
- 8 days ago - democrats.com
It turns out some of Target's products might be so cheap because they are made with slave-picked cotton from Uzbekistan &/or purchased from Daewoo International, a company that accounts for approximately 20% of all cotton processed in Uzbekistan
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Mozilla to Take Legal Action Against Spy Tech Firm Over
Business  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', HumanRights, humanrights, government, ethics, society, politics, world, technology, business, consumers, dishonesty, corruption, marketing, society )

JL
- 19 days ago - slate.com
Mozilla, the maker of the Firefox browser, is well-known for battling online tracking.Now it's set to launch a fresh privacy-protecting offensive: taking on a controversial surveillance company that has been accused of selling spyware to authoritarian re
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Few Meaningful Changes In Wake Of Dhaka Factory Collapse
Business  (tags: humanrights, death, corruption, asia, government, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Rana Plaza, factory, business, corporate, dishonesty )

Naoko
- 21 days ago - ipsnews.net
"What we see are token donations and empty promises that can't be enforced." -Scott Nova of the Workers Rights Consortium.
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Is Fighting for the Right of Oil, Gas and Mining Corporations to Keep Payments to Foreign Governmen
Business  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', conflict, ethics, corruption, government, HumanRights, humanrights, society, world, middle-east, africa, asia, usa, oil, money, marketing, cover-up, business, abuse, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, ethics, investments, law, lies, societ )

JL
- 27 days ago - citizenvox.org
A federal court is considering an industry challenge to a rule recently adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that would require certain oil, gas and mining companies to disclose payments made to foreign governments.
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Chocolatier Mondelez Pledges to Aid Women Farmers
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, business, consumers, corporate, dishonesty, ethics, farming, society, usa, world, news, labor, humanrights, HumanRights, 'HUMANRIGHTS!' )

JL
- 27 days ago - bloomberg.com
Mondelez International Inc., (MDLZ) the world's biggest chocolatier, has agreed to work to improve the well-being of women cocoa farmers after an Oxfam International report detailed corporate shortcomings in human rights and sustainability.
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BAD BUSINESS: Samsung Admits to Using Tin Linked to Child Labor, Deforestation; Apple Mum on Sourcing
Business  (tags: world, politics, children, child labor, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', humanrights, government, ethics, ethics, environment, dishonesty, corporate, abuse, law, politics, society, news, money )

Cal
- 29 days ago - news.mongabay.com
Mobile device giant Samsung has admitted to using tin sourced from a controversial mining operation on the Indonesian island of Bangka, where unregulated mining kills 150 miners a year
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Bangladesh Garment-Factory Collapse Kills Nearly 100 People
Business  (tags: garment factory, Bangladesh, death, injured, business, ethics, humanrights, corruption )

Nancy
- 30 days ago - ecouterre.com
An eight-story facility that housed several garment factories and shops collapsed in Bangladesh on Wednesday, killing at least 96 people, injuring more than 800, and trapping a yet-unknown number under the mass of concrete rubble, according to officials.
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Firefox 'Death Sentence' Threat to TeliaSonera Over Gov Spy Claims
Business  (tags: abuse, business, consumers, corporate, ethics, GoodNews, goodnews, society, law, humans, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', humanrights, HumanRights, technology )

JL
- 36 days ago - theregister.co.uk
Firefox-maker Mozilla could issue a "death sentence" to TeliaSonera's SSL business over allegations the telecoms giant sold Orwellian surveillance tech to dictators. The punishment would be an embarrassing blow to the company: it would effectively cut of
15 comments
Peace Jobs
Business  (tags: 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', humanrights, HumanRights, freedoms, GoodNews, ethics, society, marketing, money, labor, SustainableDevelopment, abuse, americans, consumers, economy )

JL
- 49 days ago - studentpeacealliance.org
What Is Peace Jobs? Peace Jobs are decent jobs that can: Reduce physical, emotional, environmental, economic, and social violence in our local and global communities. Mitigate socially, economically unsustainable, and peace non-friendly practice
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Take Action: Celebrate International Women's Day By Taking a Stand for the Women Who Grow and Pick Cocoa
Business  (tags: 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', africa, world, humanrights, government, HumanRights, abuse, business, consumers, corporate, dishonesty, ethics, labor, society )

JL
- 78 days ago - behindthebrands.org
Mars, Mondelez, and Nestlé buy more than 30% of the cocoa grown worldwide. But throughout their supply chains women are getting a raw deal.
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Return Lands Stolen From Local Communities ACTION
Business  (tags: indigenous, Sumatra, humanrights, world, crime, April, logging, homes, corporate )

Nancy
- 83 days ago - ran.org
Earlier this week, hundreds of Indigenous villagers from Sipituhuta and Pandumaan communities in North Sumatra risked life and limb by standing between their forest home and the logging machinery of PT Toba Pulp Lestari (TPL), a company affiliated with...
46 comments
'Land Grabbing': Foreign Investors Buy Up Third World Farmland
Business  (tags: 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', africa, asia, conflict, freedoms, ethics, HumanRights, humanrights, humans, government, politics, society, world, abuse, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, economy, Entrepreneurs, ethics, farming, fi )

JL
- 89 days ago - spiegel.de
Foreign investors are buying or leasing vast amounts of farmland in Third World countries to profit from surging demand for food crops as a result of rapid population growth."Land grabbing" amounts to a new form of colonialism that often runs counter to
5 comments
Land-Grabbing Firms Beware: Cost of Ignoring People's Rights Is Rising
Business  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', government, humanrights, politics, society, world, media, news, GoodNews, ethics, conflict, freedoms, goodnews, corporate, corruption, abuse, business, dishonesty, farming, finance, investments, investors, law, marketing, money, lies, soci )

JL
- 94 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Communities have more hope than ever of seeing off companies trying to acquire their land, with support from media and NGOs
10 comments
Tell Macy's to Say No to Dirty Gold This Valentine's Day ACTION LINK
Business  (tags: gold mining, toxins, humanrights, Macy's, corporate, business, money, world, crime )

Nancy
- 101 days ago - care2.com
Macy's has a dirty little secret that it isn't advertising: its sparkly jewelry may be tarnished by human rights abuses and toxic chemicals.
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